Honseiji Temple

Japanese: 本誓寺 - ほんせいじ

This Otani-ha Shinshu temple is located in Teramachi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. Its mountain name is Kasaharayama. It was founded in Shimousa by Kyonen Fukawa, a disciple of Shinran, and moved to Shinshu during the time of the 7th abbot, Shojun, where it was called Kasahara Honsei-ji. It is one of the so-called Isobe Rokku-ji temples that were established in Shinano by the Kanto Zensei-based religious organization. In 1558 (Eiroku 1), it moved to Kasugayama Castle at the request of the Uesugi clan. The Honsei-ji-ki records that in 1553 (Tenbun 22), Uesugi Kenshin sent the 10th abbot, Choken, to Kaga to request a route guarantee for his journey to Kyoto, and that he sent a large number of men and military supplies to Hongan-ji during the Ishiyama War.

Honseiji Temple

This is a Shinshu Otani sect temple in Matto, Ishikawa Prefecture. Its mountain name is Sakamotoyama. It is commonly known as Matto Honsei-ji. According to temple legend, it was founded by Taicho during the Yoro era (717-724) and originally belonged to the Tendai sect as a shrine temple of Mt. Hakusan. The founder is said to be Ensei, who is said to have converted to Shinran on his way to Echigo. In the early days of the Ikko Ikki uprising, the temple seems to have had a connection with Kokyo-ji Temple in Yamada, Enuma County, and the temple has a statue of the Seven Ancestors that was given to Kokyo-ji Temple by Rennyo. In the Kyoroku Disturbance (Kaga Ikko Ikki uprising) that occurred in 1531 (4th year of the Kyoroku era), the temple fought alongside Kokyo-ji Temple and others and was expelled, but later welcomed the lord of Matto Castle, Kaburagi Yorinobu, as the chief priest and acted under Echizen Wada Honkaku-ji Temple.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県上越市寺町にある真宗大谷派の寺。山号は笠原山。親鸞の門弟布川の教念が下総で開創し，7世性順の代に信州に移り笠原本誓寺と呼ばれた。関東の善性系教団が信濃に展開したいわゆる磯部六ヵ寺の一つ。1558年(永禄1)上杉氏の要請によって春日山城下に移った。《本誓寺記》には，これ以前，1553年(天文22)に上杉謙信が上洛の路次保証を求めて10世超賢を加賀に遣わしたことや，石山合戦に際しては多量の人員や兵糧などを本願寺に送ったことがみえる。

ほんせいじ【本誓寺】

石川県松任市にある真宗大谷派の寺。山号は坂本山。松任本誓寺と通称する。寺伝によれば，養老年中(717‐724)泰澄が開創，当初は天台宗に属し白山末社の神宮寺であったといわれる。開基を円政といい，越後へ赴く途中の親鸞に帰依して改宗したと伝える。一向一揆の初期には江沼郡山田の光教寺と関係があったようで，蓮如が光教寺に下した七高祖像を伝える。1531年(享禄4)に起こった享禄錯乱(加賀一向一揆)では光教寺などとともに戦い追放処分を受けたが，その後，松任城主鏑木頼信を迎えて住職とし，越前和田本覚寺の下で行動している。

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